{"id":18,"date":"2012-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/shocking-prospecting-tips-that-you-didnt-know-about\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:07:29","slug":"shocking-prospecting-tips-that-you-didnt-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/shocking-prospecting-tips-that-you-didnt-know-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Prospecting Tips That You Didn\u2019t Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hold on. Back up. <strong>Prospecting<\/strong> is hard for most people. At least you thought so\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p><em>Prospecting<\/em> people is the only way to build a successful business\u2026\u2026\u2026. <strong><em>ISNT IT????<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now you are probably scratching your head and wondering what else is there!!<\/p>\n<p>I have been taught by the best. If the guys on stage at the event said that they prospected so many people, showed so many plans and now they are the <span>top earners<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY WOULD I WANT TO CHANGE THAT METHOD???<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First let\u2019s wonder back into the past of a guy who struggled so much with <span>prospecting<\/span>. He did everything his sponsor told him and listen to what happened\u2026\u2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>Yes that\u2019s me.<\/p>\n<p>What I want you to do is put yourself in my shoes for a couple of minutes and let\u2019s look at your reality because chances are you went or either going through the same <strong>struggles<\/strong> that I did.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re pumped because you are starting a journey in a business that is sure to make you rich in <em>2-4 years<\/em>. That\u2019s what most compensation plans equal out to.<\/p>\n<p>You are ready to get out there and make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>You have seen the vision and you know it works because you have seen these people on stage for yourself, <strong>IN PERSON<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The next day you can\u2019t wait to get off of work because your sponsor told you that you have to go out and <em>meet people<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He\/she even gave you some <strong>scripts<\/strong> that you can use.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re thinking in your head that when you get off that you are going to meet <em><strong>5 people<\/strong><\/em>. You already made a decision to at least meet 5 people every day.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to get off and rush home. Get cleaned up and put on something business casual because you know <span>appearance is everything<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>You arrive at <strong>Wal-Mart<\/strong> because thats where everybody is shopping now and have been for years.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can\u2019t seem too obvious so you grab a shopping cart acting like you are going to buy some items but really you are going on a<span><em> scavenger hunt<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>You go up and down idles looking to see if you can find some sharp looking people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU FOUND ONE<\/strong>. Your thinking, <em><strong>\u201cOh yes, he will defiantly want to do this.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You start a conversation and he says he\u2019s an attorney. In your mind your thinking that he will help grow your business really fast and get a lot of people to join him.<\/p>\n<p>You end the conversation with. <em><strong>\u201cWell I don\u2019t know if you keep your options open at all but do you look for other ways to make extra income?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>He looks you in the eye.<\/p>\n<p>You look back with a look of happiness because you already know he is going to say yes.<\/p>\n<p>What happens next shocks the hell out of you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NO I DON\u2019T\u2026\u2026..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You get this look like, <em><strong>\u201cYou moron.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You are disappointed but you don\u2019t stop. You continue roaming around and get <span>no after no after no<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>That night when you go home and lay in your bed. You start doubting yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do I want to do something where I am more likely to get<em> disappointed every day<\/em> because somebody said no to me.<\/p>\n<p>So what happens after a while because of you doubting yourself and all these negative vibes start coming in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU QUIT!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You see. If you are reading this. I know what it feels like to go out and try <strong>pr<\/strong><strong>ospecting<\/strong> people and getting rejected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IT HURTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT DOESN\u2019T FEEL GOOD.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT DESTROYS YOUR <a href=\"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/blog\/category\/mindset\/\">MINDSET<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU START DOUBTING YOURSELF.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I got tired of that stuff<\/p>\n<p><strong>But\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I took the right action. Where I could learn how to <strong><em>attract<\/em><\/strong> people to me.<\/p>\n<p>Where I could position myself to not be disappointed because nobody would say no to me again.<\/p>\n<p>How could they if they were coming to me. They wanted what I had.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I DIDN\u2019T HAVE TO CHASE THEM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you position yourself to be the fish in a pond and when somebody comes up to the side and pulls out their credit card, which is the bait.<\/p>\n<p>They hook you because they hit that button below and said, <em><strong>\u201cI want what that guy has. I want to be the guy that everybody wants.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I want to change my life where I don\u2019t have to be <strong>chasing people<\/strong> but just be in the pond swimming around having fun. Somebody comes along and wants me, want what I have.<\/p>\n<p>Hooks me by pulling out their credit card and reals me in.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>It\u2019s time to take action<\/strong>. It\u2019s time to be the fish in the pond by pulling out your credit card and coming on into the pond.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold on. Back up. Prospecting is hard for most people. At least you thought so\u2026\u2026.. Prospecting people is the only way to build a successful business\u2026\u2026\u2026. ISNT IT???? Right now you are probably scratching your head and wondering what else is there!! I have been taught by the best. If the guys on stage at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1203,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8,77,78,79,2,80],"tags":[81,82,83,84],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empower-network","category-funny-and-interesting-videos","category-great-marketing-strategies","category-my-personal-strategies-tips","category-relationships","category-this-is-life","category-trending-news","tag-mlm-prospecting","tag-prospect-definition","tag-prospecting","tag-prospects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/harris23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}